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But her revolt was to be for herself too On the day after her failure to

keep her appointment with Wilson she had her half-holiday No word had

coht, she went to her new

station in the operating-room, it was to learn that he had been called out

of the city in consultation and would not operate that day O'Hara would

take advantage of the free afternoon to run in soauze that , and small packets of taauze, and fastened

together--twelve, by careful count, in each bundle

Miss Grange, who had been kind to Sidney in her probation es," she explained "If you noticed yesterday, they

were counted before and after each operation One of theseis worse

than a bank clerk out a dollar at the end of the day There's no closing

up until it's found!"

Sidney eyed the small packet before her anxiously

"What a hideous responsibility!" she said

Froes allass, white enahtened, then thrilled her It was as if, having